DPP directions are pending in the case of a man charged with slashing his wife with a broken glass in Convoy.
Carl Hargaden has been remanded in custody and Letterkenny District Court has been told that directions are still awaited.
Sergeant Jim Collins told the court that the State was seeking a further two weeks in order to obtain directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Hargaden is alleged to have slashed Anna Hargaden’s cheek, wrist and neck with a broken glass during an incident at Flax Fields, Convoy on Sunday, January 28.
The 61-year-old, with an address at Flax Fields in Convoy, was initially granted bail last Tuesday, but had it revoked just 24 hours later, having been arrested for an offence.
Judge Ciaran Liddy said he found Hargaden to be in breach of ‘straightforward bail’ on two counts and revoked bail.
Hargaden appeared via video line before Wednesday’s sitting of Letterkenny District Court when the matter was adjourned to February 19.
His solicitor, Mr Patsy Gallagher, said that a High Court bail application is to be made on behalf of his client.
“It is only going one way,” Mr Gallagher said, asking that jurisdiction be dealt with on the next date.
Sergeant Collins said the State is keen to expedite the matter.
Hargaden was charged with assaulting Anna Hargaden causing her harm, contrary to Section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997. Photographs of the injuries were submitted to the court.
Gardai told the court that Hargaden cut the back of the woman’s head with the same implement. The woman also sustained injuries to her neck and jaw in the incident.
He was also charged with breaking the woman’s glasses and with taking her mobile phone.
During the incident, Hargaden claimed to have placed the woman’s mobile phone in a fridge, but the phone was located outside the premises on Monday.
The injured woman was said to have attended for plastic surgery in Galway.
Judge Liddy adjourned the case until the February 19 sitting of Letterkenny District Court.